Hello! It's so lovely to hear from all of you. Sarah, congratulations!! Babies are such a wonderful blessing!
Things haven't been too exciting around here. On Monday I had my wisdom teeth pulled, so I spent most of the week at home on the couch nursing my puffy cheeks. It was surprisingly nice. Between sleeping and eating frosties/mashed potatoes, I watched some Humphrey Bogart movies (swoon. Casablanca, anyone?), Anne of GG (of course), and Miss Potter (which is a very, very sweet movie. It reminded me of you, Sarah!), my sister read to me from The Horse and His Boy, and I spent some time just enjoying the fam.
It's been rather grey recently - June gloom I suppose, but I'm glad for it. Since being home, I've found myself longing for New England rain and the bright mossy green trees. Isn't it silly? Always wanting one when I have the other...I feel suspended between these two places, as if I'm standing on a wire between the two wanting to reach one end, but then never feeling any true sense of security when I finally do. It's strange, but I see the growth in it - the need to recognize Christ as my constant, the Lord as my home...because I've realized that moving around will probably be a part of my future, and missing is a part of life, yet no matter what changes, locations or people, He is always there, always the same.
My favorite room in our quirky house
A big part of my summer thus far has been the online May term class I'm taking - the Bible as Literature. I must say, though the work is long and tedious, I am really, really enjoying the class. Thus far we've gone through Genesis, exploring Abraham and the patriarchs, David and Saul, Jonah, Esther, Isaiah, and now Luke. It seems in every narrative in every book, there is some connection to the covenant, more particularly to Israel's role as being a blessing to all nations and restoring communal well-being. Examining my own heart, I've realized how contrary my life is to this biblical concept, especially when I come home. I spend so much time sulking over people and their supposedly misguided intentions, selfishly letting my feelings dictate my attitude towards people which is definitely no bueno. I hate that my family suffers most because of my poor attitude. If Israel was chosen to be a blessing to all nations, to work towards communal shalom and communal well-being, then shouldn't that be true for me as well?
So many lessons, and such is life =]
English Daisies from Buschart Gardens
Yesterday, my older sister, Sara, and I helped IPP (International Princess Project -Neens I thought of you the whole time! Check this out...an awesome orginization) organize their punjammies in their new office, and then to top off the day we rode bikes with our dad to get some frozen yogurt! That's one of my favorite things about summer. Then today Sara and I met up with my friend Paige for a hike. We've decided to try to do a hike every week which will give us time to not only be active and outside, but to get together since she'll be away most of the week at an internship. Today's hike was at Crystal Cove State Park, right off the coast and it was really beautiful. Lot's of delicate wildflowers and desert plants, steep hills, and a nice breeze from the ocean. It was wonderful. I kept thinking of you girls and how much I would like to share places like that with you - it's so unique to California (full of quail, our state bird, and poppies, our state flower) the part that steals my heart. Today was also the first time I've ever seen a California poppy in California...ha!
Also, I found my mom's old film camera and have been using up some film that I found. Today I dropped some off to get developed so I'm eager to see how they turn out.
If you ladies think about it please pray that I get a job soon....I've applied to so many places with no luck thus far. Pray for the capacity to love people selflessly, to think about others before myself. Pray for Lithuanian stuff...all the crazy visa things (I know how you feel Hannah!) and other preparation-al type things.
Thinking of you often,
xoxoxo
Hannah Vee
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